Stephen MorisseyBorn, raised, and trained in Riverside, CA, I aspire to introduce my work to as many people as possible. During my time as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, my practice became a method through which to contextualize the state in which I found myself: grappling with geography and emotion. Since moving back to the Los Angeles area I have added a public practice element by teaching woodworking to third graders at Side Street Projects. To communicate my urge to teleport, by spanning long distances instantly, is the intention of my work. My practice is centered on the mind interacting with the limits of space and time. It is less about re-creating recognizable images, more about the improbable act of physically moving faster than light. Although the subject of my pieces is teleportation, the creative process upon which I embark is very much about remaining present.Periods in my life during which I was particularly lonely, wishing to be somewhere else, are moments I remember when beginning my process. A particular long distance relationship fueled my desire to create.

Many are familiar with this kind of longing; I want to connect with people who have felt it. My intention is to create a visual vocabulary with which to communicate the emotional experience of wanting to teleport. This visual vocabulary is comprised of an architecture that is more concerned with adherence to a structure than it is with being aesthetically pleasing. I combine predetermined systems of decision-making, perspectival cues, meditatively repetitive mark making, and blind drawing, to comprise a vocabulary capable of communicating my images of quantum physics. Understanding the details takes a backseat to my intuition, and often times the most challenging part is spent quietly staring at a piece.